Librarian and Literacy Champion - St Ives School

About the Role:

Are you a passionate and dedicated advocate for children who believes in the transformative power of an excellent education? Are you passionate about reading and literacy and the incredible positive impact that it can have on the lives of young people?  St. Ives School is seeking a committed individual to join the team as our School Librarian. We are committed to fostering an environment where every student receives the highest quality education and support, and we are looking for someone who shares our values and dedication to excellence.

About You:

As Librarian, you will play a key role in developing and promoting the library to ensure that all students and staff have ready access to as broad and relevant a range of reading matter, reference materials, research tools and information services as possible, in order to support teaching and learning throughout the school, facilitate independent learning, and encourage reading for pleasure. You will be expected to develop a 21st Century library with oversight of opportunities for students to access reading remotely and the promotion of library and love of reading through social media and the School website. You will share our commitment to encouraging all students, but particularly those students from a disadvantaged background, to develop a deep love of reading. Working closely with our teaching teams, you will develop strong positive relationships in order to improve the life chances of our young people.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position pleasse email a completed application form to recruitment@tpacademytrust.org, plesae ensure your name and the position you are applying for are within the subjecy title of the email.

More on our benefits and a letter from our Chair of Board of Trustees can be found here.

Plesae note we do not accept CV's.

The closing date for receiving applications is Monday 21st April 2025

If you wish to discuss this position ahead of applying, please contact Kate Jones, Deputy Head on kjones@stives.tpacademytrust.org

Interviews to be held on: To Be Confirmed

The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers, volunteers, LMC members and Trustees to share this commitment. All successful applications will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks and will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check, a Safeguarding Self-Declaration Form and satisfactory online searches undertaken.